U.S. house prices jumped 1.8% in the second quarter from the previous three months.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Financial planners who advise on 401(k) plans need to get out in front
of sponsors and plan participants to explain new disclosure rules effective next week, says this
retirement plan...
Longtime stakeholders in New York's iconic skyscraper say they'll be shortchanged if the building goes public.
Another bubble may be forming in the U.S. housing market, this time in the bonds of homebuilders.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
More responsibility is being shifted to people to begin financial
planning earlier so they can support themselves later in life, yet the
message isn't getting through on a broad enough scale.
Federal Reserve policy makers signaled readiness to boost record
stimulus unless they are convinced the economy is poised to rebound.
The asset-management industry scored a victory yesterday as U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro abandoned her
quest to impose tougher rules on money-market mutual...
The U.S. economy will probably tip into recession next year if lawmakers
can't break an impasse over the federal budget, according to a report.
A Pew Research Center report released today says the U.S...
The trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff's bankrupt brokerage won court
approval to make a second customer payment that may reach $2...
Assets tied to U.S. housing are attractive with the real-estate market
poised to reach a bottom, says a Pimco manager.
Allianz SE, owner of the world's second-biggest asset management
business after BlackRock Inc., is trimming targets for that unit as
Europe's debt crisis crimps investment returns.
by Maureen Nevin Duffy
New mutual funds shun cap-weightings in favor of GDP weightings, the theory being that holdings should generate revenues for funding growth
and paying down debt.
by Mike Byrnes
Financial advisors at LPL Financial's Focus12 conference who have
started to use social media received advice on how to take it to the
next level.
Sales of existing homes climbed in July from an eight-month low, adding to signs U.S. housing may pick up in the second half.
by
Karen DeMasters
Due to pervasive financial abuse of America's senior citizens, the
CFP Board of Standards is urging standards for financial planning designations -- which now number 140.
U.S. accounting watchdogs said a review of 10 brokerage auditors found
they all performed deficient work, and some failed to take required
steps to help ensure investors' funds are safeguarded.
Republican platform drafters refused to put their party on record for preserving the mortgage-interest deduction.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Pershing is building out the estate planning services it offers
broker-dealers and registered investment advisors by adding two major
players to its trust platform.
Prudential Financial and AIG grabbed a
bigger share of the U.S. variable-annuity market as MetLife Inc.
reduced sales of the equity-linked retirement products.
